When it comes to copper wiring installations, often engineers specify tray-rated cables in their system designs to deliver signals and power to industrial control systems, heavy machinery, and other ancillary business equipment.  As outlined in the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 70, these cables must be third-party tested and certified to ensure it can withstand the dangers of harsh industrial environments while exposed in...

Category 8 Ethernet cable will play a major role in meeting today’s burgeoning needs for high speed communications, whether in the data centre, voice, video or other high bandwidth applications that run on copper cable for distances up to 30m.

Optical Cable Corporation, in partnership with Centric Solutions, introduces a new LC fiber optic connector designed to provide an extra layer of security to network ports through a unique lock-and-key style solution.

Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) has introduced the IRIS (Intelligent Release Interconnect System), the first “failsafe” breakaway fiber optic cable connector designed to minimize damage to the installed fiber plant in a traffic light control enclosure in the event of vehicular impact or natural disaster. Likewise, IRIS can protect vulnerable nodes within cabinet housings for traffic communications networks that support message boards, traffic...